Seagull Island Beach
The father and son had already helped Chen Zhiyao carry her catch from today's beachcombing to the kayak. What they were holding now were the fruits of their labor that morning.
Both of them had a good haul from beachcombing today, and their buckets were almost full.
Grandpa Chen's bucket was mostly filled with whelks, snails, and sea snails, as well as quite a few large crabs.
Chen Weiqiang was carrying two net bags in his left hand, which were full of large snails, and there were several black sea bream and a few octopuses in the bucket.
The father and son returned home with a full load, happily carrying their purchases as they strode towards the fishing boat.
Suddenly, Chen Zhiyao caught up from behind, waving a giant coconut snail in her hand and said:
"Dad, Grandpa, this coconut snail is so big, there might be Melo pearls inside. Let's find something to smash it open and take a look after we get on the boat."
She had already researched online and found that Melaleuca lyrata is quite expensive; a single pearl of slightly better quality can cost at least ten or twenty thousand yuan.
Some even fetched astronomical prices at auction.
She wasn't greedy; she would be content if she could get a Melo Pearl worth around ten thousand yuan.
Both of these coconut snails contain small pearls; surely one of them should be of good quality?
Grandpa Chen frowned and whispered to his granddaughter, "This coconut snail is quite big, but Melo pearls are very rare, so it's not certain that you'll find them."
Such a large coconut and coconut snail must be worth at least several hundred yuan, and Grandpa Chen was a little reluctant to spend the money.
Chen Weiqiang, who was bolder, was eagerly watching the coconut snail in his daughter's hand, which was as big as a head.
"This big guy is probably almost sentient. It's really rare to see a coconut snail weighing more than 4 pounds. I think there might really be Melo pearls inside. Let's open it and take a look."
Chen Zhiyao nodded frantically, "Right? That's what I think too. There must be Melozhu in there."
She couldn't reveal the truth about the X-ray glasses; she could only pretend that she had guessed the existence of the Melo Pearl herself.
The father and daughter kept talking back and forth, giving Grandpa Chen a real headache.
The old man looked at the excited father and daughter with a helpless expression, but was eventually persuaded.
Since it was found in the sea, it's okay to open it up and play around with it. At least the snail meat inside is edible.
It's not a loss since our own family ate these coconut snails.
Grandpa Chen was worried that smashing the shell directly would damage the Melo pearls inside, and it would be a shame to break such a beautiful giant shell.
So he found two wires, hooked them onto the snail meat, and then hung the two coconut snails on the wall.
"That's it? It's that simple?"
Chen Zhiyao was somewhat confused by her grandfather's actions, not quite understanding why he was doing this.
Seeing his granddaughter's puzzled expression, Grandpa Chen smiled and explained:
"The shell of the coconut snail is quite heavy. If you hook the snail meat and hang it for about 10 minutes, the snail meat will come out on its own, and both the snail meat and the shell will be intact."
Chen Weiqiang, who was standing nearby, thoughtfully placed two buckets under the coconut snails to catch any pearls that might fall out, so they wouldn't be unable to find them.
"Dad, you're so smart." Chen Zhiyao gave him a thumbs up with a happy smile.
Knowing that she could extract the snail meat in about 10 minutes, she wasn't in a hurry to go to the mangroves to collect the traps.
After waiting for a while, some of the snail meat was indeed slowly pulled out, but the melon balls were still not visible.
Chen Zhiyao quickly turned on her phone's camera and started recording a video of the two coconut snails opening.
If Melaleuca really exists, this video on opening the screw might come in handy in the future.
The two coconut snails hanging on the wall, one weighing three jin and the other over four jin, both looked ridiculously large.
With such a heavy shell hanging on the snail meat, the coconut snail naturally couldn't withstand it, and within just a few minutes, half of the snail meat was pulled out.
At this moment, Chen Zhiyao secretly turned on her X-ray glasses, and saw the shadow inside the snail meat slowly moving outwards.
About two minutes later, the smaller coconut snail suddenly dropped out a strangely shaped thing.
This Melo bead is irregular in shape; it's neither perfectly round nor perfectly square, and it even has two small protruding bumps.
The color is yellowish-brown, with a few faint patterns inside.
Honestly, it's not ugly, but I can't honestly say it's beautiful either.
Chen Zhiyao picked up the Melo Pearl, which was said to be extremely rare, and was very worried.
Would anyone really be foolish enough to pay a high price for something this ugly?
She'd have to be crazy to spend ten thousand or several thousand dollars on this.
Just as Chen Zhiyao was worrying, a faint sound came from the corner of the wall, as if something had fallen into the bucket.
Chen Weiqiang and Grandpa Chen, who had been squatting in the corner, exclaimed excitedly at the same time upon seeing the contents of the bucket:
"They are round Melo beads."
At this moment, Chen Zhiyao also rushed over and took the Melaleuca beads from the bucket in her hand.
Round Melo beads
It has an amber-like color, a ceramic-like luster on the surface, and cloud-like patterns evenly distributed inside.
The pattern is very faint; you can't see it at all unless you pay close attention.
Even so, it looks much better than the first Melo Pearl, and it does resemble the descriptions online to some extent.
Melaleuca is a product that is expensive but not readily available; it sounds pricey, but in reality, not many people buy it.
Moreover, it's not as beautiful as pearls and gemstones, nor does it hold its value as well as gold, so Chen Zhiyao doesn't intend to keep it.
So she edited the video she had just watched a little, and then took several more photos and posted them in the fishing group.
The video of her opening the snail shell got quite a lot of views, and sure enough, within minutes someone asked her if she was selling the Melaleuca beads.
Chen Zhiyao didn't know much about Melo beads, but she had searched on Taobao and found that the round Melo beads she had could be bought for around 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.
Finally, Chen Zhiyao posted a message in the group saying that these Melo beads were for sale, and interested friends could go to the fishing tackle shop tomorrow to inspect the goods and participate in the bidding.
Yes, Chen Zhiyao plans to hold a small auction.
Some people say Melasma is valuable, while others say it's not. She's unsure how much to sell it for, so she might as well just let the highest bidder win.
After sending the message in the group, Chen Zhiyao took Grandpa Chen to the mangrove forest in a kayak to collect fish traps.
Chen Weiqiang, on the other hand, couldn't wait to take out his fishing rod and start fishing on the boat.
The tide had come in by then, and nearly half of the mangroves were submerged in seawater.
The two rowed their kayak directly to the stream where they had set the fish traps the day before.
At this point, the small river, which was originally a little over a meter wide, had become a turbulent river with a water level of three meters.
Following the markings, the two quickly found the trap they had set the day before.
There are three earthworms in total on this side of the river. The first one is almost entirely filled with blue crabs, a total of eight of them.
Unfortunately, these little guys are not very big, almost all weighing only three or four ounces.
The second trap was moved by Chen Zhiyao to the spot where she found the little green dragon before she left yesterday.
Sure enough, there were two small green dragons weighing about half a pound each inside.
As for the last fish trap, unfortunately, it was empty.
The other four traps on land were mostly filled with mud crabs and blue crabs.
Grandpa Chen placed the fish traps in excellent spots; almost every one of them weighed over seven or eight ounces, and two of them even weighed over a pound.
Chen Zhiyao and Grandpa Chen happily carried a full bucket of crabs and two small green dragons back to the boat.
Chen Weiqiang, the fishing enthusiast who has been out of the game for years, continued his steady performance today.
Since the fishing hook went into the water, the fishing rod in my hand hasn't moved an inch.
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